Show coxey army resolution senator alien called an anarchist tariff debate senator dolph makes a very strong speech washington 20 when the senate was availed to order today sherman brorn the committee on foreign relations reporter a bill for the correction of an error in the bearing sea bill recently passer by the of the word exclusive for inclusive the intent of the act he said had been entirely changed the bill was passed jeffere fere resola alloi for the appointment of a reception committee for army of the commonweal to be known in senate parlance as the committee on communications came up a lew minutes before 1 but in these few minutes it received some very handling who dealt the blows said ho would have preferred to have some of the dominant party in the senate to take the floor for the speech yesterday by senator alien of nebraska ought not to be allowed to forth to the country as any degree the views of the senate lie criticized criticised alien for bis reference to the commonweal army as the people and also for bis allusions to the district militia cinder the command of general ordway and he ventured to say general ordway biad been given more time of the question than had the senator from nebraska and that lot one step would be taken by him except at the command of the civil power these men who are coming here do not represent the general views of the people they were not with the intention of presenting themselves at the feet of congress but to impress them by their presence in conclusion said there were many other things in aliens speech which should be refuted but be did not propose to do it 1 I am sorry to say lie continued hut I 1 feel bound to say it that the speech of the senator from nebraska Is such as would be received with applause by a gang of anarchists and it would not require a ame scope to discover in it the microbes and baccilli of anarchism alien intended to reply to benatti hawley but time being up the resolution went over without action and ane a iff bill being laid before the senate new hampshire spoke against the bill in the course of speech a running controversy came up between gray of delaware and aldrich of kaliode island the latter averting and the former denying that in the recent elections the people had expressed their reprobation of the kind of tariff reform now before congress when mr gray aid ho only way to the dispute was by a popular vote ballinger Ual linger asked if would agree to postpone further action until the people could be heard from in november 1 I would not dare go home replied gray id did agree aldrich reminded gray that the democratic press of the country bad bad nothing hut praise for alie two speeches in opposition to the hill from the their appeal to pat the hill in such shapo as to conform to the democratic policy had the heartiest support of all the democrats of the north the senator from island la building a great superstructure on the two speeches to which he alludes replied dray hut I 1 understand both those speeches certainly ceita thelast the jast confined to a discussion of the income tax features which has about as much relation to the tariff reform measure demanded by the people in 1892 an ukase by the kussian emperor and if the senator from khoda island builds any hope on that foundation we will have to his disappointment 1 I hall be very much surprised said if a great many senators on the opposite side do not soon come to the conclusion that the income tax I 1 a very important feature of the bill ie the senator opposed to an income tax asked gray 1 I am opposed to an income tax and every other feature of the tariff bill before the senate replied aldrich senator gallanger was followed by senator of michigan who eaid A comparison between ahe allson bill as it comes from the house and the new canadian tariff bill shows how close an understanding have existed between the fraro era of the two he pointed out in detail alie terms which showed a parallel between the two bills senator dolph followed in a speech against the bill he reviewed the history of the two last national campaign the enactment by the of the mckinley law in response to a mandate of the people and the dire disasters threatened theat ened by imminent enactment of a revenue tariff he went over the history of progress under protection for the last thirty years it biad been attempted he said to make the gher nian law the scapegoat for the ill that appeared after election the crop of the country amounted to in value than the cotton crop no democrat had ever suggested duties for baling hay on the free list farmers he eaid had been selected for attack and he argued bt length to show the superiority of pacific over ad valoree valorem duties the benator proceeded to discuss the varlonus provisions of the bill which he declared would be a disaster to the pacific coast amona others hops prunes lead lumber and wool dolph quoted from president tariff message ol 01 estimating the loss to tha wool grower on a flock of efty cheep as 30 per year and only 72 and eaid that the president in a mansion provided by the government surrounded servant and by all which wealth could purchase for his comfort and enjoyment and drawing a salary of a year forgot that 30 or 72 a year might represent all that many fam alfee could afford to expend for clothing the loss of 38 on a flock of sheep would mean the loss of 72 on a hundred fam on 1000 on or to the sheep industry of the united tales an discussing the effect of a tariff for revenue only and labor be bald that the people ahu labor with their hands control the of the country and that its future would be what they would make it no statesman could afford by reducing the price of labor to reduce the condition of the laboring men to that of laborers in the countries of europe dolph pointed to abo rejoicing in england oer president Clev elande free trade message the mills bill and the allson bill he raid that the question to be determined ter mined by thie congress la we ahall lesi in the interest of the people of england europe and asia or for those in this country at senator dolph suspended ins speech to be resumed tomorrow the benat then went into executive session and when the doors opened adjourned |